We are proud to feature Main Street
Productions this week in our continuing Vendor Spotlight Series. John and
Angela Deaver and their entire team work to create films that will be watched
over and over again.
Main Street Productions celebrates 12
years of producing films with integrity, ensuring your satisfaction
with their final product. The creative techniques used by the
Main Street team during both the shooting and editing phases coupled with
the industry's latest trends and equipment will make your wedding film the
essential keepsake. There is simply nothing like it.
In an effort to showcase each vendor,
we sent them a questionnaire with 5 questions that should give us insight into
their business, their values, and their personalities. We hope you enjoy.
1. How did you get started in
the wedding industry?
We joke that my degree is in VCR
programming. But in reality, I(John) studied journalism broadcasting in
college. While I was teaching broadcasting at Spain Park High School, my
cousin got married and Angela and I filmed it for her. I remember vividly
having a conversation afterwards discussing how we could make a business
happen. That was 12 years ago! We have had wonderful success and are
extremely grateful.
2. What is your favorite
thing about working in the wedding industry?
We just got back from Las Vegas for
Wedding MBA. There are so many wonderful professionals in our industry that it
really makes the day more fun! We, here in Birmingham, are so lucky that we
have such a great community of professionals that we can support, network with,
and refer business to each other. It's like a family!
3. What sets you apart from
others in your field?
Not only are we lucky to have such a
great community of wedding professionals in Birmingham, but the videography
community is pretty tight-knit as well. We try to get together often to discuss
wedding trends or just stories "from the field." Everyone is just
a little different from each other so we are able to give brides several
wonderful choices when it comes to picking their videographer.
4. Best piece of advice you
can provide future brides?
It is well documented that not hiring
a professional videographer for their wedding day is the biggest regret that
they have after the wedding is over. I believe it is 97% of brides that
don't have a video, regret it. So of course I have to say hire the best
that your money can buy. Just do it! We have countless emails from
our families that echo this sentiment. Find someone whose style you love,
whose personality is compatible with yours and who really takes the time to
learn what you want in a wedding film.
5. What are your hobbies when
you are not working?
I like to joke that I am always
working, but we are trying to do better about taking time off and enjoying
life. We heard once a videographers' conference: don't spend your entire
life documenting someone else's life that you don't have time to live your own.
I do enjoy being an amateur
photographer, and of course spending time with my family. And if you know
me at all, you know that Angela completely answered these questions so that it
would get done!
For more information about John,
Angela, and their entire team, please visit www.mainstreetav.com. The products that
they produce are second to none, and will be a prized possession for years to
come. We appreciate them participating in our series, and we look forward
to working alongside them again in the very near future.
Christy "CeCe" Todd
